Science

Question 1

The passing of genes to offspring

Answer 1

Heredity

Question 2

Segments of DNA found in chromosomes that give information for producing a certain characteristic

Answer 2

Genes

Question 3

The different versions of a gene

Answer 3

Alleles

Question 4

The combination of alleles that you inherited from your parents

Answer 4

Genotype

Question 5

Your observable traits

Answer 5

Phenotype

Question 6

Allele contributes to the phenotype, if one or two copies are present

Answer 6

Dominant

Question 7

Allele contributes to the phenotype only when when two copies of it are present

Answer 7

Recessive

Question 8

Each allele in a heterozygous individual influences the phenotype

Answer 8

Incomplete dominance

Question 9

Both of the alleles in a heterozygous individual contribute to the phenotype

Answer 9

Codominance

Question 10

A characteristic passed down from one generation to another

Answer 10

Trait

Question 11

a different form of a gene

Answer 11

Allele

Question 12

two identical alleles of a specific gene, HH

Answer 12

Homozygous Dominant

Question 13

Both recessive genes, hh

Answer 13

Homozygous recessive

Question 14

Two different alleles, Hh

Answer 14

Heterozygous